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Subject: [OM] OT: Apostrophe's (sic.) (was: Re: Can anyone use a Varimagni finder?)
From: "Simon Worby" <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 13:58:15 -0000
Piers Hemy wrote:

> "Piers' name already ends in the letter 's', so it is 
> unnecessary to add a further 's' after the apostrophe."

With proper nouns ending in "s" or "z", it is *normally* the case that
one adds "'s", even though that will result in "s's" or "z's". It is
less common to just add an apostrophe, though not actually wrong. (See
Posessive Puzzles in Fowler's Modern English Usage, 1926 -- still the
bible on English grammar.)

Regards,

Simon
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